The British government has become the largest recruiting agency for top university graduates, and 1 million people take civil service exams in India each year, due to the relatively attractive remuneration of civil servants and the lack of alternative employment opportunities in a sluggish economy. Other employment opportunities.
The Financial Times of London (FT) reports that the UK’s Fast Stream system of civil service promotions, which recruits 1,000 people a year, is attracting many talented people; in contrast, other top companies, including the Big Four accounting firms, are reducing the number of vacancies released. Martin Birchall, head of the market research agency High Flier, pointed out that for top university graduates, the British government has become the largest recruiting agency during the epidemic.
A survey by High Flier last November showed that 57 percent of British students wanted to work in the public sector, up from 41 percent two years ago. In response Birchall said, “In this crisis, the population wants certainty and stability. 2021 will see a lot of people going into public service.”
A similar situation can be seen in India. Because India has a serious underemployment situation, civil service, with stable jobs and good benefits, has always been attractive to Indians.
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), which trained the best British officials during the British colonial period, became the central recruitment agency for civil servants in India after independence, and only 1,000 vacancies are released each year, and applicants must pass a 30-hour-long written test, interview, personality test and other hurdles.
The National School of Administration (ENA), France’s senior civil service training institution, offers only 83 applications each year, but more than 1,700 people have applied over the past two years, mainly because it offers a new career path for those with doctorates, and ENA president Gerard said two-thirds of the students volunteered to help with epidemic prevention last year.
In some countries, however, the outbreak has exacerbated the plight of civil servants, who are struggling with tight budgets and government downsizing. Some governments are not only losing tax revenue, but are also incurring massive debt. For example, one of the main goals of Mexican President Rodríguez’s austerity policy is to streamline the bureaucracy, and since he took office in December 2018, the Mexican government has cut 9,430 jobs and roughly one-fifth of its payroll.
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